Saturday, December 6, 2008

Oklahomans contributed more than $6 million to 2008 campaigns

Oklahomans contributed more than $6.3 million to 2008 presidential campaigns, according to final Federal Election Commission filings released Friday.

The total triples the previous record, set in the 2004 campaign.

In all, 18 candidates received Oklahoma contributions, ranging from $25 to Republican long shot John Cox to GOP nominee John McCain’s $2.1 million. President-elect Barack Obama is second on the list at $1.7 million.

Republicans outraised Democrats $3.3 million to $3 million.

Of the state total, some $1.7 million came from Tulsa ZIP codes. Oklahoma City ZIP codes accounted for $1.6 million. Suburban Oklahoma City ZIPs, including those for Edmond and Norman, came to $1.2 million.

John McCain, R, $2,058,179

Barack Obama, D, $1,711,189

Hillary Clinton, D, $821,398

Rudy Giuliani, R, $549, 795

John Edwards, D, $341,292

Mike Huckabee, R, $205,217

Ron Paul, R, $172,856

Mitt Romney, R $159,419

Bill Richardson, D, $112,070

Fred Thompson, R, $101,561

Joe Biden, D, $46,659

Tom Tancredo, R, $16,582

Sam Brownback, R, $10,852

Tommy Thompson, R, $9,200

Dennis Kucinich, D, $5,958

Duncan Hunter, R, $5,690

Chris Dodd, D, $1,100

John Cox, R, $25

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